Fountain attachment for writing-pens



T. WILLANS. Fountain Attachment for W'ritin g lens.

No. 223,788. Patented Jan; 20, 1880'.

WITNESSES JNVENTOR.

ATTORNELT MPETERS, FRDTO-UYHDGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D C.

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U ITED STATES PATENT ()FEIcE.

THOMAS WILLANS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

FOUNTAIN ATTACHMENT FOR WRlTlN'G-PENS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 223,788, dated January 20, 1880.

Application filed November "1, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS WILLA-NS, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fountain and Anti -Dropping- Attachments for Writing-Pens; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such. as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being bad to the accoinpanyin g drawings, which form part of this specification, in whichl Figure l is a perspective of my invention, showing a face view of the same applied to a pen. Fig. 2 is a similar view of its rear face. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the same, and Fig. at is a perspective of a slightly-modified construction of the attachment.

Myinvention has for its object to provide an attachment for writing-pens which shall serve as a fountain or reservoir for ink, enabling the pen to which it is applied to take up and hold two or three times the volume of fluid that it could it unprovid'ed with such attachment, and also serving to prevent blotting, resulting from taking too much ink upon the pen in dipping.

Myinvention consists of a metallic tongue adapted to be attached to any common writing-pen, said tongue consisting of a body provided with guides or clamps, whereby it is adapted to be fastened on the pen, and being formed with a tapering nib, which extends forwardly under the point of the pen.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A represents a common Writing-pen, composed, of abody, a, a point, a, and a shank, a 13 represents my attachment secured thereto, and consisting of a plate, the body of which is marked b, while its point, corresponding in The edges of the body are bent up to form clamps or' guides 11', which are adapted to embrace the sides of .the body of the pen, and thereby to hold the attachment in position while the point curves upwardly, as shown.

The manner of applying the attachment is merely to slide it into position until its pointed extremity b is about one-sixteenth of an inch back of the tip a of the pen.

If desired, the point of the tongue may be This attachment will be found of particular advantage when used in connection with that class of fountain-pens which have an indierubber reservoir for ink, and from which the fluid isejected by pressure. Such pressure with anordinary pen'point frequently surcharges the. pen and produces blotting; hut Wilh a pen provided with my attachment this is avoided, as it absolutely prevents blotting.

To adapt theattach'ment to such fountainpen holders as are usiially formed with a curved glass nozzle, the plate B should have a notch, c, at its upper end. To facilitate the flow of the fluid along the tongue the latter should be formed on its upper side with a groove or channel, (1, beginning at the eye b and extending down to the slit b The attachment is designed to be made of steel, generally; but any other suitable metal or material may be employed.

As there is no actual wear on the attachment, one of the devices will outlast several pens, and will thus remain serviceable until destroyed by corrosion.

In practice I prefer to make the attachment as shown in Fig. l but, if desired, it may be made without the slit,-eye, or tongues, as shown in Fig. 4.

What I claim as my improvement is- The attachment for writing-pens herein described, consisting of a plate with upturned sides, forming parallel ears, adapted to embrace the parallel sides of a pen while being longitudinally adjustable thereon without losing hold, and having a tapered end adapted to fit beneath the point of a pen to form an ink-reservoir and prevent dropping or blotting, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of October, 1879.

THOS. WILLANS.

Witnesses:

M. D. OoNNoLLY, CHAS. F. VAN HORN. 

